7 Amendments of Robert ROCHEFORT related to 2017/2039(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, having peaked at 24 % in 2013, the youth unemployment rate in the EU-28 has steadily dropped, reaching below 17 % in 2017, but remains unacceptably high in a number of countries, including Greece (45.5%), Spain (39.2%) and Italy (35.4%);
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the significant divergence in economic performance in terms of both economic and employment growth across the EU-28; urges the Member States that continue to lag behinconcerned to implement the necessary structural reforms in order to catch up with other EU economies; and notes that it is sound economic policies, which are ultimately a Member State responsibility, that create jobs;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the YEI aims to complement national funding and not to replace it and is concerned about the conclusions of the Court’s report highlighting the risk that the appropriations earmarked for this initiative are not leading to a net increase in funding available and are simply being used for expenditure previously financed from national budgets; stresses that the YEI budget cannot and was never meant to shoulder on its own the ambition of offering all young people a good-quality offer within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for the YEI to be a driver for policy reform in particular and, for better coordination in the fields of employment and education, especially in those Member States experiencing high rates of youth unemployment, with a view to ensuring that those and for the introduction by Member States introduceof integrated, comprehensive and long-term approaches to tackling youth unemployment which enhance the employability of young people and lead to sustainable employment, as opposed to having a range of fragmented (existing) policies, which often target NEETs who are relatively easy to integrate anyway;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to set up better outreach strategies for NEETs so that the young people concerned can be targeted more effectively;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a discussion about the future status of the YEI which does not question its continuation but addresses the question of transforming it from a crisis instrument into a more permanent, main EU financing instrument for tackling youth unemployment, and which establishes a co- financing requirement in order to underline the primary responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for a future discussion about the quality of offers under the YEI and YG and about the positive impact of extending the eligible age bracket under the YEI to 25- 29;